Upstairs bath. Before and After.

It has been awhile since I've shared any before and afters. Probably since most of the rooms in this house haven't reached the "after" stage. We recently finished up a few projects in the upstairs bathroom.

The before: This is exactly what the room looked like when we bought the house. The fixtures gone, the walls stripped down to the lathes, the floor boards pulled up revealing the very old, yet live, electrical wiring. I think it is fair to say most prospective buyers would take one look at this room and run for the door. But we loved this room!

Why? Because we saw it as one less room that we would have to spend time "gutting". The messiest work was already done, all we had to do is put the little room back together.

So we did. This is just a simple bathroom with the basics.

A bathtub

A vanity

A mirror

Recently we added some storage. Adrian built some Ballard Design lookalike shelves for the space above the toilet.
The shelves are great for keeping things organized since this room has no built in storage closet. Toilet paper and everyday items that we all use like lotion, hair brush, q tips, etc. on the first shelf. Adrian and I each have a small basket to throw our own things into on the second shelf. The large basket up on the top shelf gives us a great place to store extra shampoo, toothpaste, etc.
For towels I brought in this little white stand that I've had for years. Bath towels on the bottom, smaller hand and face towels in the basket on top.
I don't think I ever would have thought to use orange, green, brown, and blue together in one room if it weren't for the those Arcadia fabrics that I used along the bottom of the shower curtain that I made months ago.
Eventually we will add a master bathroom upstairs and this bathroom will only be used by the boys. I think these colors are fun for little boys. They have their own color coordinated towel hooks, hung low, in hopes that one day they may try hanging their own towels.

These vinyl decals were a fun addition. I've always wanted to try some somewhere and this seemed like the perfect spot.